Pam Bondi is at it again.
The Florida Attorney General insists on continuing to politicize the Orlando massacre… by accusing others of politicizing it while crowing about being a “champion” for LGBTQ people and simultaneously denying her record of antigay animus.
Way to keep it classy, Pam.
Related: Anderson Cooper Rails Against Florida AG: Are You Really A ‘Champion’ Of Gay Rights?
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It all started earlier this week, when Anderson Cooper pushed back on Bondi’s claims that she was an LGBTQ ally by bringing up the time she argued against marriage equality in court, saying gay married people would cause “impose significant public harm.”
Bondi awkwardly insisted “I never said I didn’t like gay people!” then she ran to her local conservative radio station to accuse Cooper of choosing to “encourage anger and hate” instead of using his platform to be a “champion for the LGBT community.”
Cooper then responded in a segment on AC360, blasting Bondi for misrepresenting their interview and ignoring the larger, more important issue: That she’s patting herself on the back for being a “champion” for a community she has actively worked to discriminate against in the past.
Well, yesterday Bondi went on FOX News to discuss what she is now calling a “political attack” against her lodged by Cooper.
Related: Anderson Cooper Fires Back At Pam Bondi For Firing Back At Anderson Cooper For Calling Her Antigay
“There’s a time and place for everything,” she said, “if he wants to ask me about doing my job defending the constitution. But to incite anger and hatred was not the time nor the place in front of a hospital.”
She continued: “And I kept trying to bring him back. He cut me off. He said ‘sick irony.’ You know? And I get it. He’s hurt. He is a champion of the LGBT community. But, you know, that’s a time for us to come together.”
But she didn’t stop there.
“He said I’m either mistaken or not telling the truth,” she rambled on. “Well, the interview is what it is. And, also, I would love for CNN to release his microphone that was wired when we were talking about I was excited, telling him, I was excited that he could help people.”
“Emotions are high,” she added. “I saw later that he had cried. You know, it is what it is. But let’s just focus on unity and love. And he basically mocked me for saying that!”
Watch Pam try to scrape the metaphorical dog shit off her shoes in the video below…
Billy Budd
This bitch never quits.
Jonathan26
She’s a very good liar.
misterhollywood
She’s been crying the last few days about how she was “mistreated”. The reality is that she gets an F- on LGBT rights yet wanted to act like she was the grand champion of the community. She was exposed for the hypocrite that she is and she doesn’t like it. Too bad.
Tobi
I’m wondering if Pam posts here at Queerty under the user name @GC1985?!
jonasalden
@abnerbha: No rest for the (troll) wicked, I guess.
girldownunder
@jonasalden: More like, “no rest for the self-loathing, closet-cases”…
Malcolm Forest
You Americans are too black/white. Too easy to hate other people. You are very narrow-minded. If some American GLBT person joins some political party that most of you disagree with, you hate them forever. You never forgive or let another person try to become a better person.
From what I can tell, this person Pam Bondi was anti the LGBT community, now she is trying to reconcile and reeducate herself.
Let go of your hatred. MAYBE this woman is genuine. She probably isn’t. Time will tell.
But PLEASE give people a chance. Geez.
glennmcbride
She fought very hard and spent 100,000’s of dollars to fight marriage equality, adoption rights, etc ,and she did so with very hateful rhetoric. You should search other articles on this site about her. She set herself up as an enemy of the LGBT community and it is very hypocritical of her to try to take advantage of this tragedy to present herself as somehow a friend of the LGBT community.
GC1985
Indict her already for corruption. She took major bribes from the Trump c@mpaign disguised as “contributions”. She didn’t pursue the case against Trump’s fake University.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/opinion/os-pam-bondi-donald-trump-scott-maxwell-20160604-column.html
Devastating article against this corruption queen.
She should be facing federal charges and resign from her position!
@Tobi: Would you shut the hell up already?
GC1985
@abnerbha: I wouldn’t be surprised if you suffered from dementia.
Zekester
She’s just comepletely forgotten who the real victims are here. She has been on a pity party, ME, ME, ME, ME, media tour with absolutely no time left to do her job for the victims in her state.
She was always a vile woman but this tragedy has shown just how vile she is.
Dave Downunder
It is very clear that this woman is just an opportunistic self promoting cow with only her best self interests at heart. How do these people get to hold public office.
nowliveit
It is so interesting, and sad, how a republican politician who does not believe in being accountable for her past action can run to FOX/FAUX news or other safe havens and avoid actual moments of authenticity. It is almost as if by design 🙂 If you only want your base’s support then go to FOX news.
Of course, some would say MSNBC is for the democrats. I don’t think they’re as untrue as Fox. They definitely lean left in their approach but I think they fact check pretty well.
Giancarlo86
PROVEN LIAR >>>>>> @GC1985: <<<<<< PROVEN LIAR
GC1985
Aw fake account is back again. How original. What a bore.
I didn’t lie about anything.
Dave Downunder
Why do you guys snark at each other on these forums. Wouldn’t it be more pleasant and constructive to get along and discuss the issues at hand. You may not always agree but you need to respect each others point of view. Besides aren’t there enough real trolls to worry about like @abnerbha.
Giancarlo86
@GC1985: You lied about being me. You lied about living in Florida. You lied about being Ruby Rue @reubenana. You lie and lie and lie.
Rob91316
Typical Republican. They’ve never met a hypocrisy they didn’t want to embrace like a long lost lover, dress to the nines, and parade through the streets like the second coming of Christ.
Sluggo2007
Typical twat behavior.
GC1985
@Giancarlo86: Says the fake account. Everybody knows you are fake. Please turn yourself in to the authorities. You are a very violent person.
dinard38
What’s up with this @abnerbha? This is the third or fourth article on this horrific tragedy where he had posted this same, vile post. The ‘gay men are paedophiles’ is not even original. He’s probably a mentally disturbed closet case. After all, why would constantly be posting on Queerty articles if you’re so anti-gay.
Just go away.
rand503
Sounds ike GC1985 spotted the troll, and the troll doesn’t like it. It’s usually pretty easy, though — just read a totally nonsensical post making baseless accusations that demean gay people, and you’ll find the liar and troll.
musclemutt
Isn’t she the AG that Trump bribed through illegal channels not to investigate Trump University?
GayEGO
Well! After all, Pam Bondi is a Southern Republican, what do you expect?
GayEGO
@abnerbha: There are more Straight pedophiles than there are gay ones so your comments are wrong.
dwes09
@abnerbha: “Murder is wrong but that doesn’t mean worship murder victim.”
I have seen other comments of yours and it is obvious that you are a right wing hetero Christian. We don’t really need scum like you here spreading your hatred. But I will assume for a moment thart you are at least capable of some small bit of coherent thought and ask two things: first, please provide one piece of evidence from an article or post that shows anybody “worshiping murder victims”. Second, please provide statistics to back up even one of your claims.
Karlis
You’re right, madam. It is what it is. It always is what it is. And you are what you are — an ignorant piece of waste who doesn’t know her ass from a potato. How in God’s name did you get to be attorney general of a state??? Oh, wait. Right. You’re from the Republithugs who don’t care about intelligence or anything like that. People of America, it is time at long last to stop voting for Republicans! For all offices, both federal and state and local. If you see the letter “R” next to the candidate’s name, just say no. No, no, no, no, no. Because then you won’t get people like this woman — ignorant bigots who, when they get called on it, get all whiny about their own damn ass. Florida — even if you are a state in which small children get eaten by alligators at theme parks, you can do better than this.
Karlis
@Tobi: Or possibly abnerbha.
highestbidder
@GC1985: my father is suffering from dementia. It’s been one of the worst experiences I’ve ever faced and it’s its ongoing daily. I can only imagine how horrible it is for him.